January 2008

Norwich Tech. PFO/Booster Club
Regular Meeting
January 7, 2008
Norwich Tech. Library-5:30p.m.
Minutes

Meeting called to order at 5:37 p.m., Norwich Tech Library.

Officers: Dana Wynn, President – Present; Timothy Krodel, Vice-President – absent; Natalie Lussier, Secretary – present; Karol Gleason, Treasurer – present

Quorum: Dana Wynn, Natalie Lussier, Karol Gleason, Lynn Marceau Lori Peeples, Thomas Wainwright, Mary Louise Antiuk, Patricia Hans, Mary Lunt, Dr. Niki Menounos, Michael Gaffey

Financial Report: Given by Treasurer Karol Gleason. Current Dime Savings Bank account balance: $17,686.23. Total deposits for the month were $4,835.40; checks written were $3,740.04; checks cleared were $2,740.04.

Additional Financial Information:

Basketball Concession: original start up funds used $268.98, additionally have spent $123.70. Total spent to date $392.68. December games took in $690.21. Income taken in for December (7 games) $298.23. To date for January games (2 games), income taken in $215.00.
Softball Fundraising: half time shooting, to date has raised $69.00.
Boys Basketball fundraiser – Media Guide: Raised $3025.00 to date with sponsorships. The junior class graphics students will be putting the media guides together in the next cycle. Purchased to date with the funds have been hooded sweatshirts, sweatpants, yellow knit hats, duffle bags, reversible mesh shirts, individual water bottles, warm up t-shirts, wipe pads and banners. PFO funds not needed
The Floral Design class fundraiser (floral wreaths, centerpieces): exceeded the original amount needed for their Boston trip. Will be able to include lunch for the students. PFO funds not needed.
Dark Manor Fundraiser: still have not heard from contact (Kelly Tounge) at car wash, despite numerous attempts by Dana Wynn regarding how much the school made.

Dana Wynn motioned to accepted financial report, Natalie Lussier second motioned, all in favor. Financial report accepted.

December PFO meeting minutes were reviewed by all in attendance. Dana Wynn motioned to accept, Patricia Hans second motion, all in favor. December minutes accepted.

Unfinished Business:

Road Race: Norwich Tech Road Race is online. Road map, registration, information now available at website www.thelastmileracing.com. Flyers are being posted. T-shirts will be given to first 100 who register. PFO needs to start gathering sponsors. Subcommittee being formed specifically for the road race to report back to PFO. Ms. Rochette has volunteered time to make donation letter.
Basket Raffle: The basket raffle has been cancelled due to logistics of paperwork and time. All paperwork submitted to date, will be returned to the school for disposal.
Lacrosse Uniforms: Mr.Gaffey and Mr. Steurer are still working on this. Mr. Gaffey is waiting for the sample fabric for review. Maximum to be spent on uniforms of $3,000.00. Funds raised in past by the Lacrosse team to be used against balance to be owed.
Basketball Concession Stand: Funds reported in financial. Was brought up about finding a reliable pizza restaurant that will deliver to the school. L. Marceau suggested Engine #6 Pizza. Dana Wynn suggested Ms. Marceau to call for information. Any other suggestions are welcomed. Starting for the 2008 – 2009 season, it is being discussed that it be made a requirement for a parent of each player work the concession stand once during the season.
Cookie Dough/Cheesecake Fundraiser: This was a fundraiser for individual student accounts for activities during senior year. There were a total of 27 sellers; gross sales were $4,801.00, with a total of $1,780.40 going to the student accounts. (Further breakdown upon request).
Student of the Month Breakfast: This has been changed to an awards ceremony. Each nominee will receive a $5.00 gift card to Dunkin Donuts. The winner will still receive a $25.00 check. There are a total of 21 students for the next ceremony on January 8th at 7:30 a.m. for November and December. It was also mentioned that the bulletin board that highlights these students still has last year’s winners on it. Mrs. Hans has sent the information to the appropriate personnel in a timely fashion. Will continue to work on getting it updated. There is also a suggestion for an End of the Year Lunch with all winners and the PFO. If decided upon, it will be discussed with the PFO.

Other Business:

HOBY Awards: Mrs. Hans reported that there were 17 nominees this year. They will be writing their essays next for review.
Boston Art Museum field trip: prices were furnished by Karol Gleason for this trip. If being made in one trip, Ms. Gleason will be donating her time; the second driver will be $14.75 per hour plus $200.00 for gas. If made in two separate trips, the March 20th trip would be Ms. Gleason’s donated time plus $100.00 for gas; the second trip would be $38.50 per hour (slated for April 23rd). This is tabled until next meeting (February 4, 2008) for a clarification on how many trips as there may be an issue with all eligible students going on one trip.

Dana Wynn motioned for Unfinished Business to be accepted, Thomas Wainwright second the motion, all in favor. Unfinished Business accepted.

New Business:

Softball Fundraiser: Mr. Saparita (coach) has the team members at the basketball games selling tickets to make three shots at half time. If the person makes all three shots, they will receive 50% of the funds raised that night. If they do not make all three shots, all funds go to the softball team. Amount raised to date is noted in the Financial Information of this report.
T-Shirt Logo Contest: Dana Wynn has made a suggestion for a t-shirt contest to be presented to the students of NTHS. This is a contest for students only. It is to design a logo for t-shirts to be sold throughout the year for PFO. The contest would be started on Tuesday, January 8th through Monday February 4rth. Designs would be dropped off in the office. At 5:00 p.m. on February 4rth, the logos will start to be reviewed by PFO members. The winner will be picked by the PFO. Suggested prizes for the winner(s) are Walmart/Target gift cards. J & D has already agreed to donate the set up fees. If anyone else has other suggestions and quotes, they are to bring to the February 4rth meeting. Dana Wynn motioned to accept, Natalie Lussier second the motion. All in favor. The T-Shirt Logo Contest was accepted.
Car Magnet/Bumper Stickers: Dana Wynn has made a suggestion for window stickers or car magnets to be designed and sold as a PFO year long fundraiser. Suggestions, quotes and any information anyone can gather is to be brought to the February 4rth PFO meeting.
Golf Shirts: Thomas Wainwright has brought to the PFO a request for a donation by the PFO to provide official school golf shirts. These would be for school use, not for students to keep and would not be personalized. At present time, eight shirts would be needed. Mrs. Wynn has suggested that the Golf Team try to raise some funds to help pay for. Dana Wynn motioned to accept, Natalie Lussier second the motion. All in favor. Helping provide funds for golf shirts was accepted.
Future Fundraisers: Dana Wynn brought up that in the future, for any PFO sponsored fundraisers, the PFO should broadcast explanation of fundraiser and specific information through mailings and/or through reverse call system. This will alleviate any misunderstandings with parents what the fundraising is for.

Principal’s Report:

School Psychologist has officially resigned. The job has been posted and will close on Wednesday, January 9th. There are numerous applicants to date to interview.
The State of Connecticut has placed a freeze on the 32 hour drafting position.
A letter is going out to parents regarding the fixes made for erroneous trimester grades.

Dana Wynn motioned to accept the Principal’s Report, Patricia Hans second the motion. All in favor. Principal’s Report accepted.

Next meeting is Monday, February 4, 2008 in the Norwich Tech Library at 5:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourned at 6:59 p.m.